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Had a great outing on my 1960 Scottish. I love the looks from folks on modern bikes. Be safe out there Mike

Yes. I am in the Seattle area. Thanks again. Mike

Hello all, I recently acquired a 1966 Greeves Anglian. It joins my other vintage trials bikes a 1960 Greeves Scottish and a 73 Ossa MAR. The bike is in really good condition and upon purchasing it it turned over with spark. A good start. Chrome Dunlop hoops in good condition. The seat and fenders are also in good shape. It has a homemade silencer and looks like Girling shocks. It had the original Villers s25 carb which I have a bit of experience with from my scottish (which now uses a Mikuni carb). The barrel is a 32a and the primary inner and outer is from a 36A. I got her to run with a bit of tinkering on the Villiers carb. The spark is pretty weak but she ran. Here is the Greeves running the Villiers. Thinking I'd like to run an Amal concentric I ordered 2 swan neck manifolds from Paul trials in the UK. They arrived and I fitted one up with a 27mm Amal from a Bultaco. I also ran a remote HT coil off the points to try to make the spark stronger. It resulted in a much better spark and the bike ran pretty well. Swan neck with Amal A bit more tuning is necessary and I will probably put an electronic ignition on in the future. I have had good luck with the electronic ignition from Peter Savage on my Scottish. Just wanted to share my new project with you guys and I hope to get her out for a few trials this year. Mike

As it turns out I had chipped teeth on both the layshaft and mainshaft. Ordered NOS from Frank Conley. should be here soon. My armature plate and flywheel are in old Blighty now getting the electronic ignition treatment from Peter Savage. Boring .20 over soon and will button her back up. Mike

Hello gentleman, I have yet another question I hope one of you could help me with. I would like to remove the races from the steering head. This is a 1960 Greeves so it uses ball and cup not tapered bearings. The cups appear to be pressed into the aluminum steering head. I look into the tube but dont see any ridges where the edge of the bearing cup would be. It appears to be a smooth tube. This is where the bolt goes thru. Hopefully one of you fellows could nudge me in the right direction. Its too late to call Frank Conley 9 PM. Heres some pics of the offending cup(s). Thanks, Mike

Thanks. Any chance you could point me in the right direction for the Motoplat mod? They are easy to come by here in the US. A step by step link would be great. Ill probably just go with a full circle crank and rod kit from Norton Villiers unless there are other options. My big end has enough room to stick a toothpick in one side. Thanks, Mike Off topic but had a good dirt bike ride today...heres some vids....

Does the nametab ignition have the capacity to run lights? Got the cases open today. Im also going to look into getting a Norton Villiers crank kit. I have a bit too much slop in the big end for my liking. I see that the cranks are called "Full Circle" I assume the crankwheels are shaped circular instead of like half moons. Is there any advantage to this? Maybe higher crankcase compression...Also having small end caged rollers would be a huge advantage over the current solid bushing.... Also just got a 12.1 compression cylinder head from ebay uk. Instant power upgrade! Ill look into the Nametab. Mike

Hello, I recently acquired a 1960 Greeves Scottish. I live in Washington State north of Seattle. It is in pretty rough shape but its not locked up and most all of the parts are there. My mission is to clean it up, get it running and ride it. Perhaps get into a few pre 65 trials. As I bought her (minus the Villiers carb and air filter) Tore it down to the frame. Cylinder is on the standard piston. Bore looks ok. Will probably go first oversize. gearbox is another story....lots of cleaning needed. Gonna ditch the points and get an electronic ignition. Probably the Greeves unit. 500 bucks! Any suggestions out there? This should be a fun project. Mike